Fort Austin

Fort Austin is a former 19th-century Fort, built as a result of the Royal Commission on National Defence of 1859. It was built to defend the landward approaches to the North East of Plymouth. This was part of an overall scheme for the defence of the Royal Naval Dockyard at Devonport. They were known as Palmerston Forts after the Prime Minister who championed the scheme.

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1863 Wikimedia, Wikidata
Austin Fort and section of military road
fort, military road, Plymouth Palmerston Forts, United Kingdom,

Location: 50.3994, -4.1038, KML, Maps

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Battle of Gunnislake New Bridge
battle,
Battle of Hingston Down 838
battle,
Plymouth Blitz 1940
Nazi Germany, United Kingdom, aerial bombing of a city,
Siege of Plymouth 1642
Cavalier, Roundhead, siege,
Crownhill Fort
bunker, fort, military museum, tripadvisor
HMS Courageous 1971
Churchill-class submarine, fleet submarine, museum ship, nuclear submarine, preserved watercraft, tripadvisor
Plymouth Borough Control
Plymouth City Council, civil defense center,
Plymouth Emergency Centre
Devon County Council, civil defense center,

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1863 Fort Austin

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Austin Fort, Eggbuckland

Type	Subtype	Date	Description	Notes	Source

class	fortification		Plymouth Palmerston Forts	fortification,	Wikidata
event	armed conflict		Battle of Gunnislake New Bridge	battle,	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	838	Battle of Hingston Down	battle,	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	1940	Plymouth Blitz	Nazi Germany, United Kingdom, aerial bombing of a city,	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	1642	Siege of Plymouth	Cavalier, Roundhead, siege,	Wikidata
object	watercraft		HMS A7	A-class submarine, submarine, sunken vessel,	Wikidata
object	naval vessel	1685	HMS Coronation	second-rate, shipwreck,	Wikidata
object	naval vessel	1970	HMS Scylla	Leander-class frigate, frigate, shipwreck,	Wikidata
site	museum		Crownhill Fort	bunker, fort, military museum, tripadvisor	Wikidata
site	museum	1971	HMS Courageous	Churchill-class submarine, fleet submarine, museum ship, nuclear submarine, preserved watercraft, tripadvisor	Wikidata
site	bunker		Plymouth Borough Control	Plymouth City Council, civil defense center,	Wikidata
site	bunker		Plymouth Emergency Centre	Devon County Council, civil defense center,	Wikidata
commons	image	2006	Austin Fort, Eggbuckland		Commons

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